Prof. Moshe Inbar
Associate Professor

Contacts:

Department of Evolutionary & Environmental Biology, University ofHaifa, Haifa 31905, Israel
Tel: (972) 4 8288767 (office); (972) 4 8288768 (lab)
Fax: (972) 4 8288779
E-mail: minbar@research.haifa.ac.il

Adjunct Faculty: Department of Biology, University of Haifa at Oranim, Tivon 36006, Israel
Tel: (972) 4 9838897

Ph.D. 1996, Tel Aviv University, Department of Zoology, Israel (Summa Cum Laude)

Research Interests:

My main research interests are animal (in particular insects) - plant interactions from ecological and practical points of view and natural conservation:

Selected Publications (Former surname - Burstein):

Wool D & Burstein M (1991) A galling aphid with extra life-cycle complexity: Population ecology and evolutionary considerations. Researches on Population Ecology 33: 307-322. PDF

Wool D & Burstein M (1991) Parasitoids of the gall-forming aphid Smynthurodes betae Westw.(Aphidoidea, Fordinae) in Israel. Entomophaga 36: 531-538. PDF

Burstein M & Wool D (1992) Great Tits exploit aphid galls as a source of food. Ornis Scandinavica 23: 107-109. PDF

Burstein M & Wool D (1993) Gall aphids do not select optimal galling sites (Smynthurodes betae; Pemphigidae). Ecological Entomology 18: 155-164. PDF

Burstein M, Wool D & Eshel A (1994) Sink strength and clone size of sympatric, gall-forming aphids. European Journal of Entomology 91: 57-61. PDF

Wool D, Manheim O, Burstein M & Levi T (1994) Dynamics of re-migration of sexuparae to their primary hosts in the gall-forming Fordinae (Aphidoidea, Pemphigidae). European Journal of Entomology 91: 103-108. PDF

Inbar M, Eshel A & Wool D (1995) Interspecific competition among phloem - feeding insects mediated by induced host plant sinks. Ecology 76: 1506-1515. PDF

Inbar M & Wool D (1995) Phloem-feeding specialists sharing a host tree: Resource partitioning minimizes interference competition among galling aphid species. Oikos 73: 109-119. PDF

Wool D, Manheim O & Inbar M (1997) Return flight of sexuparae of galling aphids to their primary host trees: implications for differential herbivory and gall (Aphidoidea: Pemphigidae, Fordinae) abundance. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 90: 341-350. PDF

Wool D & Inbar M (1998) Colonization of ecological islands: galling aphid populations on recovering Pistacia trees after destruction by fire. European Journal of Entomology 95: 41-54. PDF

Inbar M, Doostdar H, Sonoda R M, Leibee G L & Mayer R T (1998) Elicitors of plant defensive systems reduce insect densities and disease incidents. Journal of Chemical Ecology 24: 135-149. PDF

Inbar M (1998) Competition, territoriality and maternal defense in a gall-forming aphid. Ethology, Ecology and Evolution 10: 159-170. PDF

Inbar M, Doostdar H & Mayer R T (1999) The effects of sessile whitefly nymphs (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) on leaf chewing larvae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Environmental Entomology 28: 353-357. PDF

Inbar M, Doostdar H, Leibee G L & Mayer R T (1999) The role of plant rapidly induced responses in asymmetric interspecific interactions among insect herbivores. Journal of Chemical Ecology 25: 1961-1979. PDF

Inbar M & Mayer R T (1999) Spatio-temporal trends in armadillo diurnal activity and road-kills in central Florida. Wildlife Society Bulletin 27: 865-872. PDF

Broza M, Halpern M & Inbar M (2000) Non-biting midges (Diptera; Chironomidae) in waste ponds: a new nuisance problem in Israel. Water Science and Technology 42: 71-74. PDF

Inbar M, Doostdar H & Mayer R T (2001). Suitability of stressed and vigorous plants to various insect herbivores. Oikos 94: 228-235. PDF

Inbar M, Doostdar H, Gerling D & Mayer R T (2001) Induction of systemic acquired resistance in cotton by BTH has a negligible effect on phytophagous insects. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 99: 65-70. PDF

Inbar M & Schultz J C (2001) Once again, insects worked it out first. Nature 414: 147-148. PDF

McKenzie C L, Shatters R G Jr, Doostdar H, Lee S D, Inbar M & Mayer R T (2002) Effect of Geminivirus infection and Bemisia infestation on accumulation of pathogenesis-related proteins in tomato. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 49: 203-214. PDF

Lev-Yadun S, Dafni A, Inbar M, Izhaki I & Ne’eman G (2002) Colour patterns in vegetative parts of plants deserve more research attention. Trends in Plant Sciences 7: 59-60. PDF

Lev-Yadun S & Inbar M (2002) Defensive ant, aphid and caterpillar mimicry in plants. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 77: 393-398. PDF

Mayer R T, Inbar M, McKenzie C L, Shatters R, Borowicz V, Albrecht U, Powell C A & Doostdar H (2002) Multitrophic interactions of the silverleaf whitefly, host plants, competing herbivores, and phytopathogens. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 51: 151-169. PDF

Inbar M, Shanas U & Izhaki I (2002) Characterization of road accidents in Israel involving large mammals. Israel Journal of Zoology 48: 197-206. PDF.

Broza M, Halpern M, Gahanma L & Inbar M (2003) Monitoring of nuisance non-biting midges in waste stabilization ponds. Journal of Vector Ecology 28: 31-36. PDF

Auslander M, Nevo E & Inbar M (2003) The effects of slope orientation on plant growth, developmental instability and susceptibility to herbivores. Journal of Arid Environments 55: 405-41. PDF

Inbar M, Mayer R T & Doostdar H (2003) Induced activity of pathogenesis related (PR) proteins in aphid galls. Symbiosis 34: 293-300. PDF

Remaudière G, Inbar M, Menier J J & Shmida A (2004) Un nouveau geoica gallicole sur Pistacia atlantica en jordanie (Hemiptera, Aphididae, Eriosomatinae, Fordini). Revue Française d'Entomologie. 26: 37-42. PDF

Inbar M & Chikatunov V (2004) Beetle fragments in the clay of El Amarna tablet (EA-95). Monographic Study of El-Amarna Tablets (Eds. Y. Goren, et al.).

Inbar M, Wink M & Wool D (2004) The evolution of host plant manipulation by insects: molecular and ecological evidence from gall-forming aphids on Pistacia. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 32: 504-511. PDF

Lev-Yadum S, Dafni A, Flaishman M A, Inbar M, Izhaki I, Katzir G & Ne’eman G (2004) Plant coloration undermines herbivorous insect camouflage. Bio Essays 26: 1126-1130 PDF

Becker N, Inbar M, Bahat O, Choresh Y, Ben-Noon G & Yaffe O (2005) Estimating the economic value of viewing vultures, Gyps fulvus: a TCM study at Gamla nature reserve, Israel. Oryx 39: 429-434. PDF

Inbar M & Lev-Yadun M (2005) Conspicuous and aposematic spines in the animal kingdom. Naturwissenschaften 92: 170-172. PDF

Singaravalen N, Ne’eman G, Inbar M & Izhaki (2005) Secondary compounds in nectar attract free-flying honeybees. Journal of Chemical Ecology 31: 2791-2804. PDF

Singaravalen N, Inbar M, Ne’eman G, Distl M, Wink M & Izhaki I (2006) The effects of nectar-nicotine on colony fitness of caged honeybees. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 32: 49-58. PDF

Gish M & Inbar M (2006) Host location by apterous aphids after escape dropping from the plant. Journal of Insect Behavior. 19: 143-153. PDF

Inbar M (2006) The evolution of gall traits in the Fordinae. In: Ozaki K, Yukawa J, Ohgushi T & Price P E. (Eds.), Ecology and Evolution of Galling Arthropods and Their Associates. Springer-Verlag, Tokyo. pp. 265-273. PDF

Wallach A, Inbar M, Lambert R, Cohen S & Shanas U (2007) Hand-rearing roe deer: practice and research potential. International Zoo Yearbook 42: 183-193. PDF

Chiel E, Gottlieb Y, Zchori-Fein E, Mozes-Daube N, Inbar M & Ghanim M (2007) Biotype-dependent secondary symbiont communities in sympatric populations of Bemisia tabaci. Bulletin of Entomological Research 97: 1-7.

Keysary A, Massung R, Inbar M, Wallach A, Shanas U, Mumcuoglu K Y & Waner T (2007) First direct evidence of the prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Israel. Emerging Infectious Diseases 13: 1411-1412.

Becker N, Horesh Y, Inbar M & Bahat O (2007) Combining TCM and CVM of endangered species conservation programme: estimation of marginal value of vultures Gyps fulvus in the presence of species-visitors interaction. In: Kontoleon A, Pascual U & Swanson T (Eds.), Handbook of Biodiversity and Economics. Cambridge University Press. pp.313-342. PDF.

Inbar M & Kark S (2007) Gender-related developmental instability and herbivory of Pistacia atlantica across a steep environmental gradient. Folia Geobotanica 42: 401-410. PDF

Wallach A, Inbar M, Scantlebury M, Speakman R & Shanas U (2007) Water constraints on roe deer reintroduction in dry Mediterranean habitats. Canadian Journal of Zoology 85: 1182-1192.

Inbar M (2008) Systematics of Pistacia: insights from ‎specialist parasitic aphids. Taxon 57: 238-242.‎ PDF
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Inbar M & Gerling D. (2008) Plant-mediated interactions ‎between whiteflies, herbivores and natural enemies. Annual ‎Review of Entomology 53: 431-448.‎

Nahum S, Inbar M, Ne'eman G & Ben-Shlomo R (2008) ‎Phenotypic plasticity and gene diversity in Pistacia lentiscus ‎L. along environmental gradients in Israel. Tree Genetics & ‎Genomes. 4: 777-785. ‎

Kontsedalov S, Zchori-Fein E, Chiel E, Gottlieb Y, Inbar M ‎& Ghanim M (2008) The presence of Rickettsia is associated ‎with increased susceptibility of Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: ‎Aleyrodidae) to insecticides. Pest Management Science. 64: ‎‎789-792. ‎

Wallach A, Shanas U, Mumcuoglu K Y & Inbar M (2008) ‎Ectoparasite on introduced roe deer Capreolus capreolus in ‎Israel. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 44: 693-696. ‎PDF

Zaks A, Davidovich-Rikanati R, Bar B, Inbar M & ‎Lewinsohn E (2008) Biosynthesis of linalyl acetate and other ‎terpenes in lemon mint (Mentha aquatica var. citrata, ‎Lamiaceae) glandular trichomes. Israel Journal of Plant ‎Sciences 56: 233-244. ‎PDF

Chiel E, Zchori-Fein E, Inbar M, Gottlieb Y, Adachi-‎Hagimori T, Kelly S, Asplen M & Hunter M S (2009) Almost ‎there: Transmission routes of bacterial symbionts between ‎trophic levels. PLoS ONE 4(3): e4767. ‎doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0004767.‎

Gerling, D, Erel E, Guershon M & Inbar M (2009) ‎Bionomics‏ ‏of Encarsia scapeata Rivnay (Hymenoptera: ‎Aphelinidae), tritrophic relationships and host-induced ‎diapause. Biological Control. 49: 201-206.‎

Chiel E, Inbar M, Mozes-Daube N, White J A, Hunter M S & ‎Zchori-Fein E (2009) Assessments of fitness effects by the ‎facultative symbiont, Rickettsia, in the sweetpotato whitefly ‎‎(Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Annals of the Entomological ‎Society of America. 102: 413-418. ‎

Wallach A, Inbar M & Shanas U (2009) Roe deer and ‎decapitated flower-heads. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences. ‎‎57: 103-106.‎ PDF

Becker N, Choresh Y, Bahat O & Inbar M (2009) Economic ‎analysis of feeding stations as a means to preserve an ‎endangered species: The case of GriffonVulture (Gyps ‎fulvus) in Israel. Journal for Nature Conservation. 17: 199-‎‎211.‎‎ ‎PDF

Kurzfeld-Zexer L, Wool D & Inbar M (2010) Modification ‎of tree architecture by a gall-forming aphid. Trees - Structure ‎and Function. 24: 13-18.‎
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Wallach A, Shanas U & Inbar M (2010) Feeding activity and ‎dietary composition of roe deer at the southern edge of their ‎range. European Journal of Wildlife Research. 56: 1-9. ‎

Inbar M, Izhaki I, Koplovich A, Lupo I, Silanikove N, ‎Glasser T, Gerchman Y, Perevolotsky A & Lev-Yadun S ‎‎(2010) Why do many galls have conspicuous colors? A new ‎hypothesis. Arthropod Plant Interactions. 4: 1-6.‎

Becker N, Choresh Y, Bahat O & Inbar M (2010) Cost ‎benefit analysis of conservation efforts to preserve ‎endangered species: The Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus) in ‎Israel. Journal of Bioeconomics. 12: 55-70.‎

Rosell RC, Blackmer J, Czonek H & Inbar M (2010) ‎Mutualstic and dependent relationships with other organisms. ‎Pp 161-183. In: Stansly, PA., Naranjo, SE.(Eds.). Bemisia: ‎Bionomics and Management of a Global Pest. Springer. ‎

Gish, M, Dafni A & Inbar M (2010) Mammalian herbivore ‎breath alerts aphids to flee host plant. Current Biology. 20: ‎‎626-627.‎‎ ‎

Inbar M, Izhaki I, Koplovich A, Lupo I, Silanikove N, ‎Glasser T, Gerchman Y, Perevolotsky A & Lev-Yadun S ‎‎(2010) Conspicuous gall colors: a response to T.C.R. White. ‎Arthropod Plant Interactions.‎

Gerling D, Guershon M, Erel E & Inbar M. Diapause and its ‎regulation in the whitefly Trialeurodes lauri. Bulletin of ‎Entomological Research (In press).‎

Teaching:
Animal - Plant Interactions
Topics covered:
1. Introduction; Terminology; History.
2. Herbivroy: Feeding guilds; Source of variation.
3. Plant physical and chemical defense.
4. Induce responses to herbivory.
5. Three trophic level interactions.
6. Major hypotheses: The plant vigor / stress hypotheses; Optimal defense theory; Resource availability hypothesis, etc.
7. Plant mediated interactions among herbivores.
8. Grazing ecosystems.
9. Beneficial herbivory; Compensation and overcompensation.
10. Carnivorous plants.
11. Mutualism: Ant plant interactions; Insect fungal interactions; Algae and aquatic invertebrates.
12. Mutualism: Pollination biology; Seed and fruit dispersal.
13. Coevolution (or not) between animal and plants.

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Past & current students and post docs:

Nahum Sagy: Pistacia lentiscus: Ecotypes and Herbivory (With Prof. Ne'eman)	Arian Wallach: RE-introduction of Roe Deer (With Dr. Shanas)	Yael Horesh: Vultures Conservation- Bio-economic Analyses (With Drs. Beker & Bahat)	Eyal Erel: Whiteflies on the Stawberry Tree (Arbutus andrachne) (With Prop. Gerling)
Moshe Gish: Escape Behavior in Aphids	Dr. Singaravelan Natarajan (post-doc): Bees and Secondary Metabolites in Nectar (With profs Izhaki & Ne'eman)	Dr. Itsic Martinez (post-doc): Ant-Plant Interactions	Lilach Kurtsfeld: Biology of gall forming aphids
Avi Loplovich: Gall defense from avian predation (With prof. Izhaki)	Noam Cohen: The effects of Secondary Metabolites in Nactar on Ants (With Prof. Izhaki)	Sarit Avrani: Biogeography and cospeciation of Pistacia atlantica a specialist gall forming - aphid (With Dr. Ben Shelomo)	Elad Chiel: Interactions between symbiotic bacterium and bio-controlling insect - evolutionary and practical aspects (With Dr. Zchori-Fein)
Ayelet Fluger: Secondary symbionts of the sweetpotato whitefly Bemisia tabaci (With Dr. Zchori-Fein)	Oren Azaria: Risk assessment of invasive species (With Dr. Baker)	Tal Weinberg: Urban mosquito nuisance in central Israel - an environmental and economical analyses (With Dr. Kan)	Tal Hanuny: Complex interactions between plant pathogens and mites (With Dr. Palevski)
Matan Ben-Ari: Defense behavior in aphids	Einat Adar: Biological control of plant-feeding predatory mites (With Dr. Palevski)	Karin Rand: Manipulating of terpenes production by gall-forming aphids (With Dr. Lewinsohn)